Handout KOM116 EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
Pengantar Public Relations – KOM 116
Program Studi Ilmu Komunikasi
Dosen Pengampu

Prida Ariani Ambar Astuti, S.Sos., M.Si.

Help employees become well
informed about their
organizations

Encourage them to express their
views to management

Creates & maintains
internal systems of
communication
between employers
& employees

Effective Employee

Communication
Pengantar Public Relations

The Results
Satisfied & productive employee

Improved achievement of organizational
goals

Improved customer, community & investor
relations
(Lattimore, Baskin, Heiman & Toth, 2009)

Worker’s Preferred
Information Sources
Pengantar Public Relations

Immediate
supervisor


Small group
meetings

Top executive

Annual report
to employees

Orientation
program

Regular local
employee
publication

Regular general
employee
publication

Bulletin board


Upward
communication
programs

Mass meetings

Audiovisual
programs

Unions

Grapevine

Mass Media

(Lattimore, Baskin, Heiman & Toth, 2009)

Internal Media
Pengantar Public Relations


Objectives of Internal Media
Employees’ Understanding of Their Role in the
Organization

Clarification of Management Policies

Employee Well-Being & Safety

Recognition of Employee Achievements

(Lattimore, Baskin, Heiman & Toth, 2009)

Subjects of Interest to
Employees
Pengantar Public Relations

Organizational
plans for the
future


Job
advancement
opportunities

Job-related
“how-to”
information

Productivity
improvement

Personnel
policies &
practices

How we’re doing
vs. the
competition


How my job fits
into the
organization

How external
events affect my
job

How profits are
used

Financial results

Advertising &
promotional
plans

Operations
outside of my
department


Personnel
changes &
promotions

Organizational
stand on current
issues

Organizational
community
involvement

Human interest
stories about
other employees

(Lattimore, Baskin, Heiman & Toth, 2009)

Types of Internal Media

Pengantar Public Relations

Leaflets, Inserts & Enclosures
Booklets & Manuals
Printed Speeches & Reprints
Message Displays
Bulletin Boards
Posters & Billboards

Information Racks
Exhibits, Banners & Displays
Electronic Media
(Lattimore, Baskin, Heiman & Toth, 2009)

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